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2011-01-29 Africa North

Tribes Threaten to Attack Suez Canal if Mubarak Does Not Step Down

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-29 19:11|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Now you know why the Saudi's are offering support to Mubarak. The movement of their oil hinges on the Suez Canal being open for business.

Posted by Thravising Clunk4909 2011-01-29 20:29|| 2011-01-29 20:29|| Front Page Top

#2 for the Bedouins - that would be....unwise. The military may not want to kill unarmed protesters...but armed attackers on their money source? Not smart

Posted by Frank G 2011-01-29 20:50|| 2011-01-29 20:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they sure they are Bedouins? Coming from Time magazine should be reason enough to double-check.

Looks like a perfect situation for that European Rapid Reaction Police Force - multinational, neutral, police rather than soldiers.

Shipping through the Suez is a good reason. Another is the Domino Theory.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-01-29 21:10|| 2011-01-29 21:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas masquerading as Bedouin? Seems more likely to me.

Posted by Charles 2011-01-29 22:20|| 2011-01-29 22:20|| Front Page Top

#5 A lot of arab and the world's wealth passes through that canal. It wouldn't be very healthy for anyone to threaten it.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-01-29 22:34|| 2011-01-29 22:34|| Front Page Top

#6 http://theconnection.lucianne.com/Go_to_wall/?userid=canalzone&sid=RS-RD-KQRP-RV-NQOF-MM-ZUFE-GC-RCTW-UQ-SPBW-JE-ZG&Wall_Id=ZX-FZ-XP

Posted by pan 2011-01-29 22:48|| 2011-01-29 22:48|| Front Page Top

#7 The UK no has the Seapower, AIrpower anymore to unilaterally intervene in the Suez widoutNATO andor UNSC support.

Again, as per the historical ARAB-ISRAELI STRUGGLE, ETC, RADICAL ISLAM BELIEVES THEY FINALLY HAVE ISRAEL'S B **** IN THEIR CROSSHAIRS, + by extension US-Western influence in the ME + Arab-Muslim World, + strongly doubt the Econ-troubled,"WEAK/DECLINING" Superpower US will be able to stop it short of initiating a MAJOR MILACTION WHICH BY DEFINITION IT CAN NO LONGER AFFORD??? Ditto NATO-EU.

IOW, ITO the US "CAN'T" OR "WON'T" BE ABLE TO PROTECT ANDOR STOP ISRAEL FROM BEING SURROUNDED BY PRO-ISLAMIST, NUCLEAR-ARMED?, ANTI-US/WESTERN MUSLIM STATES + various similar REGIONAL, GLOBAL MILTERR GROUPS.

INDIRECTLY, THE FALL OF EGYPT TO RADICAL ISLAM ALSO THREATENS THE POSITION OF SAUDI ARABIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-29 22:56|| 2011-01-29 22:56|| Front Page Top

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